Among women who entered college in fall 2019, 64.3 percent completed their degree by 2025. For their male peers, only 58.1 percent completed their degree within six-years.
In analysis of 37 low- and middle-income countries, scholars from the University of Pennsylvania found countries that implemented large-scale, government-led cash transfer programs experienced improved healthcare outcomes for women and children.
A new study has found occupations commonly held by immigrant women living in the United States, such as house cleaners and nurses, have increased exposure to chemicals linked to breast cancer and other common chronic diseases.
In the four years following an incident of faculty misconduct, there is a 3.4 percent decline in degree-completion rates in the perpetrator's academic field. However, this decline increases to 7 percent when examining cases occurring after 2015, potentially attributed to the rise of the #MeToo movement.
When sponsoring junior colleagues, men are more likely to use the relationship as a means to progress their own careers. In contrast, women sponsors primarily focus their efforts on their protégés' professional development.
Although both men and women experience similar declines in their financial literacy as they age, a persistent gender gap in financial literacy remains among older adults. However, since women tend to live longer than men, older women are most likely to benefit from efforts to improve financial literacy.
Women are significantly underrepresented among U.S. patented-inventors, representing just 13 percent of all U.S. inventors from 1976 to 2021. Women inventors are significantly more likely to work at universities than in government agencies or private organizations, suggesting the academic environment is the most conducive to women inventors' success.
Despite significant progress over the past two decades, women attorneys remain underrepresented as college and university presidents, provosts, and law school deans compared to their male peers. Some three-quarters of current and former women attorneys in academic leadership say they have encountered gender bias in the workplace.
Over 60 percent of retracted scientific papers over the past five decades list men as both the first and last author. Among women-authored papers that are retracted, it is most likely due to errors by the editor or publisher and least likely due to ethical or legal issues, suggesting increasing women's representation in academic research could enhance the overall integrity of the scientific community.
According to a new poll from American University's Women & Politics Institute, 83 percent of registered voters believe it is important to elect more women. However, there is a lingering resistance to electing a woman president, with some voters believing Kamala Harris' presidential run made it harder for a woman to be president.
Compared to other women, pregnant women face a 37 percent higher risk of dying from gun violence. Between 2018 and 2021, firearms accounted for nearly 80 percent of all homicides of pregnant women. States with high levels of gun ownership experience the highest rates of firearm homicides of pregnant women.
“The study highlights the importance of educating women and health care professionals about menopause-related symptoms and the availability of safe and efficacious therapies, including hormone therapy,” the authors conclude. “Furthermore, it emphasizes the need for strategies to better identify women with bothersome menopause symptoms so that they can be offered the appropriate counseling and care.”
